How to add additional menu items at top user bar

Question

How i can add additional custom menu items at top user bar.. here is the code can anyone suggest

 

$this->output('<DIV CLASS="qa-top-header">', '');
            $this->nav('user');
            $this->output('</DIV>', '');

Answer 1

Based on the fact that you want to add items on the same menu then I'd say you should add it to the same menu :)

Go to your qa-theme.php file and add this:

function doctype() {

   qa_html_theme_base::doctype();

   $menu_items = array(

      'menu1' => array(

         'url' => 'http://www.google.com',

         'label' => 'Google!',

      ),

      'menu2' => array(

         'url' => 'http://www.yahoo.com',

         'label' => 'Yahoo! (Yes, it still exists!)',

      )

   );

   $this->content['navigation']['user'] = array_merge($this->content['navigation']['user'], $menu_items);

}

This will insert the new menu items after the 'login' link when the user is not logged in and after the logout link when the user is logged in.

This will create similar-looking fields as the theme is responsible for the CSS. However, if you still want to override some CSS from the theme you can do so with the CSS classes .qa-nav-user-menu1 and .qa-nav-user-menu2.

Screenshot for the Classic theme with this change on the HOT page.

Comments

but it is showing only home page

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The doctype is executed for every page. So it is added to every page for sure. If the custom theme you're using or any plugin or any core modification you have done in your installation removes the menu from other pages then you should modify that code so that it doesn't remove any menu item (most likely the variable is getting overwritten somewhere in the qa-theme.php). You can see this is working by switching to any of the themes that come in the default installation (eg: Snow theme)

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it is hiding only when clicking on menu items like hot, tags etc

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Have you tested this as I suggested? As I mentioned before, it is working for every page and not a selected group of pages. Test it on any other theme and you'll see it is working. I added a screenshot showing you the change. If it is not working on your particular theme, you should correct the theme. I can't do much more about this issue

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<?php
$theme_dir = dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/';
$theme_url = qa_opt('site_url') . 'qa-theme/' . qa_get_site_theme() . '/';
qa_register_layer('/qa-admin-options.php', 'Theme Options', $theme_dir , $theme_url );

//var_dump($theme_dir);

    class qa_html_theme extends qa_html_theme_base
    {

        function head_metas()
        {
            qa_html_theme_base::head_metas();
            $this->output('<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, maximum-scale=1">');
        }
       
        function head_script()
        {
            qa_html_theme_base::head_script();
           
            $this->output('
                <script type="text/javascript">
                $(document).ready(function(){
                    $(".menu_show_hide").click(function(){
                    $(".qa-nav-main").slideToggle();
                    });

                $(window).resize(function() {
                    if ($(window).width()>720) {$(".qa-nav-main").show();}
                });
                }
                );
                </script>');

        }
        function head_css()
        {
            if (qa_opt('qat_compression')==2) //Gzip
                $this->output('<LINK REL="stylesheet" TYPE="text/css" HREF="'.$this->rooturl.'qa-styles-gzip.php'.'"/>');
            elseif (qa_opt('qat_compression')==1) //CSS Compression
                $this->output('<LINK REL="stylesheet" TYPE="text/css" HREF="'.$this->rooturl.'qa-styles-commpressed.css'.'"/>');
            else // Normal CSS load
                $this->output('<LINK REL="stylesheet" TYPE="text/css" HREF="'.$this->rooturl.$this->css_name().'"/>');
           
            if (isset($this->content['css_src']))
                foreach ($this->content['css_src'] as $css_src)
                    $this->output('<LINK REL="stylesheet" TYPE="text/css" HREF="'.$css_src.'"/>');
                   
            if (!empty($this->content['notices']))
                $this->output(
                    '<STYLE><!--',
                    '.qa-body-js-on .qa-notice {display:none;}',
                    '//--></STYLE>'
                );
        }       
       

        function body_content()
        {
            $this->body_prefix();
            $this->notices();
           
            $this->output('<DIV CLASS="qa-top-header">', '');
                        
            $this->nav('user');
            $this->output('</DIV>', '');

            $this->header();
            $this->output('<DIV CLASS="qa-body-wrapper">', '');
               
            $this->widgets('full', 'top');
           
            $this->output('<DIV CLASS="qa-sub-nav">');
           
            $this->nav('sub');
           
            $this->output('</DIV>');
           
            $this->widgets('full', 'high');
                        $this->nav_user_search();
            $this->sidepanel();
                        
            $this->main();
                        $this->widgets('full', 'low');
                        
            $this->output('</DIV> <!-- END body-wrapper -->');
           
            $this->footer();
                        
            $this->widgets('full', 'bottom');

            $this->body_suffix();
        }
       
        function header()
        {
            $this->output('<DIV CLASS="qa-header">');
           
            $this->logo();$this->output('<div id="header-text"><div class="header-name"><br/>
    <form action="./?qa=ask&cat=" method="POST">
                    
                    <INPUT NAME="title" TYPE="text" CLASS="qa-form-tall-text custom-ask-text" value="" placeholder="type your question here..." autocomplete="off" role="textbox">
                    <INPUT CLASS="custom-ask-submit" TYPE="submit" value="Ask Question">

            <INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="doask1" VALUE="1">
        </form>

</div></div>');
            $this->nav_main_sub();
            $this->header_clear();
                        
           
            $this->output('</DIV> <!-- END qa-header -->', '');
        }
       
        function nav_user_search()
        {
            $this->search();
        }
       
        function nav_main_sub()
        {
           $this->nav('main');
        }

        function nav($navtype, $level=null)
        {
            $navigation=@$this->content['navigation'][$navtype];
            if ($navtype=='main'){
                $this->output('<nav id="mobilenav"><a href="#" class="menu_show_hide">Menu</a></nav>');
            }
           
           
            if (($navtype=='user') || isset($navigation)) {
                $this->output('<DIV CLASS="qa-nav-'.$navtype.'">');
               
                if ($navtype=='user')
                    $this->logged_in();
                   
                // reverse order of 'opposite' items since they float right
                foreach (array_reverse($navigation, true) as $key => $navlink)
                    if (@$navlink['opposite']) {
                        unset($navigation[$key]);
                        $navigation[$key]=$navlink;
                    }
               
                $this->set_context('nav_type', $navtype);
                $this->nav_list($navigation, 'nav-'.$navtype, $level);
                $this->nav_clear($navtype);
               
                $this->clear_context('nav_type');
   
                $this->output('</DIV>');
            }
        }

        function nav_item($key, $navlink, $class, $level=null)
        {
            $this->output('<LI CLASS="qa-'.$class.'-item'.(@$navlink['opposite'] ? '-opp' : '').
                (@$navlink['selected'] ? (' qa-'.$class.'-item-selected') : '').
                (@$navlink['state'] ? (' qa-'.$class.'-'.$navlink['state']) : '').' qa-'.$class.'-'.$key.'">');
            $this->nav_link($navlink, $class);
           
            if (count(@$navlink['subnav']))
                $this->nav_list($navlink['subnav'], $class, 1+$level);
           
            if ($class=='nav-cat'){
               
                    $neaturls=qa_opt('neat_urls');
                    $url=qa_opt('site_url');
                    $mainkey=$key;
                    if ($key=='all')$key='.rss';else $key='/'.$key.'.rss';
                   
                    switch ($neaturls) {
                        case QA_URL_FORMAT_INDEX:
                                $url.='index.php/feed/questions'.$key;
                            break;
                           
                        case QA_URL_FORMAT_NEAT:
                            $url.='feed/questions'.$key;
                            break;
                           
                        case QA_URL_FORMAT_PARAM:
                            $url.='?qa=feed/questions'.$key;
                            break;
                           
                        default:
                            $url.='index.php?qa=feed&qa_1=questions&qa_2='.$mainkey.'.rss';
                       
                        case QA_URL_FORMAT_PARAMS:
                            $url.='?qa=feed&qa_1=questions&qa_2='.$mainkey.'.rss';
                            break;
                    }
                    $this->output('<A HREF="'.$url.'" CLASS="qa-cat-feed-link"><DIV CLASS="qa-feed-cat"></DIV></A>');
                }
           
            $this->output('</LI>');
        }
                


function doctype() {
    qa_html_theme_base::doctype();
    $categories = isset($this->content['navigation']['cat']) ? $this->content['navigation']['cat'] : null;
    if (isset($categories)) {
        foreach ($categories as $name => $category) {
            unset($this->content['navigation']['cat'][$name]['note']);
        }
$menu_items = array(
      'menu1' => array(
         'url' => 'http://www.thegeneralstuff.com/listuploads',
         'label' => 'Uploads',
      ),
'menu2' => array(
         'url' => 'http://www.thegeneralstuff.com/sitemap.xml',
         'label' => 'Sitemap',
      ),
'menu3' => array(
         'url' => 'http://www.thegeneralstuff.com/feedback',
         'label' => 'Feedback',
      ),
      'menu4' => array(
         'url' => 'http://www.thegeneralstuff.com/we-are-hiring',
         'label' => 'We are Hiring',
      )
   );
   qa_array_insert($this->content['navigation']['user'], 'login', $menu_items);

 $anonymous = qa_lang_html('main/anonymous');
    if (isset($this->content['q_view']['who']['data']) && strpos($this->content['q_view']['who']['data'], 'class="qa-ip-link">' . $anonymous . '</a>') !== FALSE) {
        $this->content['q_view']['who']['data'] = $anonymous;
    }


            if(isset($this->content['a_form'])) {
                $a_form = $this->content['a_form'];
                unset($this->content['a_form']);
                $this->content['a_form'] = $a_form;
            }    
   }
}
  
function view_count($post)
        {
            // do nothing
        }
        function theme_view_count($post)
        {
            qa_html_theme_base::view_count($post);
        }
       
        function post_meta_flags($post, $class)
        {
            $this->theme_view_count($post);
            qa_html_theme_base::post_meta_flags($post, $class);
        }
       
        function footer()
        {
            $this->output('<DIV CLASS="qa-wrap-footer">');
           
            qa_html_theme_base::footer();
           
            $this->output('</DIV> <!-- END qa-footer -->', '');
        }
       
    }

/*
    Omit PHP closing tag to help avoid accidental output
*/

I didn't figure it out pl help

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You've added the code I've given you inside the " if (isset($categories)) { ... }". Actually a lot of code is in there and that does not make sense. Should look like this (pay more attention to the curly braces):

function doctype() {
    qa_html_theme_base::doctype();
    $categories = isset($this->content['navigation']['cat']) ? $this->content['navigation']['cat'] : null;
    if (isset($categories)) {
        foreach ($categories as $name => $category) {
            unset($this->content['navigation']['cat'][$name]['note']);
        }
    }
    $menu_items = array(
        'menu1' => array(
            'url' => 'http://www.thegeneralstuff.com/listuploads',
            'label' => 'Uploads',
        ),
        'menu2' => array(
            'url' => 'http://www.thegeneralstuff.com/sitemap.xml',
            'label' => 'Sitemap',
        ),
        'menu3' => array(
            'url' => 'http://www.thegeneralstuff.com/feedback',
            'label' => 'Feedback',
        ),
        'menu4' => array(
            'url' => 'http://www.thegeneralstuff.com/we-are-hiring',
            'label' => 'We are Hiring',
        )
    );
    $this->content['navigation']['user'] = array_merge($this->content['navigation']['user'], $menu_items);

    $anonymous = qa_lang_html('main/anonymous');
    if (isset($this->content['q_view']['who']['data']) && strpos($this->content['q_view']['who']['data'], 'class="qa-ip-link">' . $anonymous . '</a>') !== FALSE) {
        $this->content['q_view']['who']['data'] = $anonymous;
    }

    // Code below makes no sense!
    if (isset($this->content['a_form'])) {
        $a_form = $this->content['a_form'];
        unset($this->content['a_form']);
        $this->content['a_form'] = $a_form;
    }
}

Also note my other answer on removing category numbers has another function to add to the qa-theme.php. You're only removing the first level category counts.

Answer 2

After first line add this

$this->output('<div class="new-top-bar"> add your menu code here </div>');

Comments

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$this->output('<div class="new-top-bar"> add your menu code here </div>');
$this->nav('user');

creating two menu line how to combine in one line

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What are you looking for exactly? Adding new menu items immediately on the left of the 'Login' link?

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no i want to add additional links in same menu